Pathocharacterological Profiles in Individuals With Personality Disorders With a Criminal History

Abstract

In the article presents the results of the pathocharacterological profiles in individuals with personality disorders and organic personality disorder with a criminal history. It was revealed that the aggressiveness and preference of simple tasks in the structure of self-control corresponded to a high level of manifestation of pathocharacterological features in people with personality disorders. A group of individuals with an organic personality disorder with pronounced pathocharacteristic features characterized: inability to build a model of significant conditions for achieving the goal, severity of anger and hostility, low inhibition of behavior, low level of self-control, the predominance of defense mechanisms such as isolation, denial, displacement and such unproductive coping strategies like confrontation and avoidance. Identified psychological predictors that make a significant contribution to the assignment to groups of individuals with personality disorder and organic personality disorder, taking into account type of the offence. The resulting discriminant models for psychological indicators had a satisfactory and high predictive value.

Keywords

• personality disorders
• individual psychological characteristics
• self-control
• self-regulation
• aggressiveness
• defense mechanisms
• coping strategies
• criminalization
• social maladjustment